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Atmore man charged after man found bleeding in road; more Alabama crime news

View full sizeDerek Coleman: Atmore, Alabama, 21-year-old charged with attempted murder after a man was found badly injured on a roadway.

ATMORE, Alabama -- A 21-year-old Atmore man, Derek Coleman, was charged with attempted after a severely injured and bleeding man was found lying on Airport Road near Atmore Saturday night with severe head trauma and multiple abrasions, NorthEscambia.com reports.

Investigators were able to take a brief statement from the man, whose identity has not been released, before he was airlifted to a Pensacola hospital, where he remains in critical condition.

In other police, court and crime news across Alabama:

2 charged in Opp murder: Carlton Hunter Brooks, 19, of Kinston, and Marquez Deundra Hinton, 21, of Opp, are charged with murder in the shooting death of of Michael Jermaine Mount, 27, of Opp, the Andalusia Star-News reports. Mount died Tuesday of gunshot wounds apparently suffered in his vehicle.

Hit-and-run driver identified in Hillsboro pedestrian's death: Authorities on Wednesday identified the driver of a tractor-trailer involved in an early morning collision that killed 72-year-old William Edwards of Hillsboro man as he as walking along Alabama 20, the TimesDaily newspaper reports. State troopers told the TimesDaily that Claude Riddle, 50, of Russellville, was behind the wheel of the 2005 International that struck Edwards and left the scene.

2-pound pot shipment to Shoals stopped: Tuscumbia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, stopped a 2-pound shipment of marijuana, and Ray Glenn Sirmon, 19, of Sheffield, was arrested, the TimesDaily newspaper reports. Sirmon lived in a trailer park on U.S. 72 in Tuscumbia and Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan told the TimesDaily his arrest interrupted a drug pipeline between California and the Shoals.

Woman gets life in prison in Brewton arson case: Nikki Fore received a life sentence Wednesday, the Brewton Standard reports. Fore had been in June of arson after prosecutors said she burned down a house in a jealous rage over her boyfriend’s former girlfriend. Circuit Judge Bert Rice also sentenced Fore to 10 years on a first-degree criminal mischief charge, giving her the maximum on both charges.

Pell City police chief recovering at home from motorcycle wreck: Pell City Police Chief Greg Turley was released from the hospital and is recovering at home from injuries suffered in a Friday night motorcycle accident, the Daily Home newspaper reports.